Banking Services Hit As Employees Go On Strike: 5 Things To Know

Normal banking operations have been hit as public sector bank employees went on a one-day nationwide strike today to protest against the government’s proposed consolidation move, besides raising other demands. The strike has been called by unions under the aegis of the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), an umbrella body of nine unions, including All India Bank Officers’ Confederation (AIBOC), All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA) and National Organisation of Bank Workers (NOBW). Indian Banks’ Association, an industry body, has asked banks to take measures in advance to minimise the impact of the strike. As many as 21 public sector banks control 75 per cent of the total business. The strike comes after between the unions , Indian Banks’ Association, Chief Labour Commissioner and Department of Financial Services failed on Friday.

5 things to know about today’s bank strike

1) Cheque clearances, NEFT/RTGS transactions as well as deposits/withdrawals at branches of public sector banks will be affected. However, online banking transactions will not be impacted, a banking executive said.

3) Besides opposing the government’s consolidation move, other demands of unions include a no write-off policy for non-performing assets (NPAs) of corporate loans and declaration of wilful default of loans as a criminal offence.

4) A top union leader said the government should provide overtime for additional work during demonetisation. He also suggested that banks should not pass on the burden of corporate NPAs to bank customers by hiking charges.

5) However, the critical operations of public sector banks like data centres will remain open to facilitate online transactions, the banking executive added.

Meanwhile, a postal employees’ union has threatened to go on a one-day strike on August 23 to protest against non-implementation of benefits suggested by a panel. The nationwide strike has been called by the National Federation of Postal Employees (NFPE), which represents around 4 lakh staff, to press for implementation of the benefits suggested as per a report by the Gramin Dak Sevaks committee.

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